The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen her previously denied claims for service connection for various knee, hip, and ankle disorders as secondary to her service-connected bilateral foot disabilities. The Board found that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are caused by her service-connected bilateral feet disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's current lumbar spine disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, right hip disorder, and left hip disorder are at least as likely as not caused by her service-connected bilateral foot disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, right hip disorder, left hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20067833
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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